醒 — seong

Parts that make up 醒

How 醒 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 醒 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 酉, 星.

Korean example words with 醒

• 경성警醒 Korean gloss: 정신을 차려 그릇된 행동을 하지 않도록 타일러 깨우침
• 미각성未覺醒 Korean gloss: 아직 각성하지 못함
• 각성파覺醒波 Korean gloss: 잠이 오는 것을 억제하는 뇌파. 흔히 베타 뇌파를 이른다
• 일성一醒 Korean gloss: ‘이준’의 호.
• 성각醒覺 Korean gloss: 깨어 정신을 차림.
• 환성喚醒 Korean gloss: 잠자는 사람을 깨움.
• 성취醒醉 Korean gloss: 술에 취함과 술에서 깨어남.
• 숙성宿醒 Korean gloss: 이튿날까지 깨지 아니하는 취기.
• 취성醉醒 Korean gloss: 술에 취하는 일과 술에서 깨는 일.
• 제성提醒 Korean gloss: 잊어버렸던 것을 생각하여 깨우치게 함.
• 각성覺醒 Korean gloss: 정신을 차리고 주의 깊게 살피어 경계하는 태도.
• 성종醒鐘 Korean gloss: 지정한 시각에 소리를 내어 잠을 깨워 주는 시계.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 醒

• 覚醒かくせい waking up; awakening; arousal
• 覚醒剤かくせいざい stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
• 警醒けいせい warning
• 醒覚せいかく awakening; waking up; opening one's eyes
• 大覚醒だいかくせい Great Awakening (18th century American Christian revival movement)
• 過覚醒かかくせい hyperarousal (symptom of PTSD)
• 半睡半醒はんすいはんせい half asleep and half awake
• 半醒半睡はんせいはんすい half awake and half asleep
• 覚醒状態かくせいじょうたい wakefulness
• 覚醒水準かくせいすいじゅん level of awakeness; level of arousal
• 覚醒作用かくせいさよう stimulant effect (e.g. caffeine)
• 覚醒亢進かくせいこうしん hyperarousal (symptom of PTSD)

Characters sharing the phonetic 星

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “성” in Korean.

Other hanja read “성”

Other hanja with radical 酉